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Tiny Desk

Intimate video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen
Little Simz: Tiny Desk Concert

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Little Simz performs perform a Tiny Desk Concert on Jan. 23, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR) Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Little Simz

Little Simz has been compared to Lauryn Hill for her self-reflective wordplay. And though the British lyricist is a relative new-comer, her Tiny Desk performance was poised and confident.

Agnes Obel: Tiny Desk Concert

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Agnes Obel performs perform a Tiny Desk Concert on Dec. 9, 2016. (Raquel Zaldivar/NPR) Raquel Zaldivar/NPR hide caption

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Agnes Obel

Agnes Obel brings the Tiny Desk three alluring and powerful songs.

Esmé Patterson: Tiny Desk Concert

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Esmé Patterson

Esmé Patterson has dropped the banjos and folk from her previous project Paper Bird, and in their place are electric guitars and a backing band worth getting behind.

Run The Jewels: Tiny Desk Concert

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Run the Jewels perform a Tiny Desk Concert on Jan. 12, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR) Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Run The Jewels

Killer Mike and El-P continue to out-muse each other in a supergroup that somehow seems to get better, louder, and more pertinent since their start in 2013.

D.R.A.M.: Tiny Desk Concert

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D.R.A.M. performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Jan. 4, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR) Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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D.R.A.M.

The rapper/singer activates his signature smile and bounces through highlights from his catalog.

Gallant: Tiny Desk Concert

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Gallant

The rising R&B star performs three falsetto-drenched highlights from his 2016 debut, Ology.

Miramar: Tiny Desk Concert

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Miramar performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Jan. 11, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR) Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Miramar

Watch the Virginia band sweep the NPR crowd off its feet with a collection of exquisite boleros.

BADBADNOTGOOD: Tiny Desk Concert

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BADBADNOTGOOD performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Jan. 4, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR) Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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BADBADNOTGOOD

The jazz band, known for its interpretations of hip-hop songs, plays its own new material live.

Brent Cobb: Tiny Desk Concert

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Brent Cobb performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Nov. 10, 2016. (Claire Harbage/NPR) Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Brent Cobb

Cobb's words shimmer like a tall glass of sweet tea in the late-morning sun.

Lila Downs: Tiny Desk Concert

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Lila Downs

With a voice that borrows heavily from opera, Downs is an inspiring, full-throated mariachi singer.

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